e chief officers of the legions present for the look of the
thing, when he knew that he had been one of the chief enemies to his
safety, as was natural in one who had borne, a distinguished share in
the successes of the civil war.

10. And though these transactions which I have mentioned vexed those who
wished him well, those which came afterwards were carried out with a
proper vigour and severity.

11. It was only a deserved destiny which befel Apodemius, who had been
the chief steward, and whose cruel machinations with respect to the
deaths of Silvanus and Gallus we have already mentioned, and Paulus, the
secretary, surnamed "The Chain," men who are never spoken of without
general horror, and who were now sentenced to be burnt alive.

12. They also sentenced to death Eusebius, the chief chamberlain of
Constantius, a man equally full of ambition and cruelty, who from the
lowest rank had been raised so high as even almost to lord it over the
emperor, and who had thus become wholly intolerable; and whom Nemesis,
who beholds all human affairs, having often, as the saying is, plucked
him by the ear, and warned to conduct himself with more moderation, now,
in spite of his struggles, hurled headlong from his high position.

IV.

Sec. 1. After this Julian directed his whole favour and affection to people
of every description about the palace; not acting in this like a
philosopher anxious for the discovery of truth.

2. For he might have been praised if he had retained a few who were
moderate in their disposition, and of proved honesty and respectability.
We must, indeed, confess that the greater part of them had nourished as
it were such a seed-bed of all vices, which they spread abroad so as to
infect the whole republic with evil desires, and did even more injury by
their example than by the impunity which they granted to crimes.

3. Some of them had been fed on the spoils of temples, had smelt out
gain on every occasion, and having raised themselves from the lowest
poverty to vast riches, had set no bounds to their bribery, their
plunder, or their extravagance, being at all times accustomed to seize
what belonged to others.

4. From which habit the beginnings of licentious life sprang up, with
perjuries, contempt of public opinion, and an insane arrogance,
sacrificing good faith to infamous gains.

5. Among which vices, debauchery and unrestrained gluttony grew to a
head, and costly banquets superseded triumphs